This is what real competition is all about and serves as a testimonial to the fact that government involvement in health care does not put the kibosh on free markets in medicine in the segments of the health care industry where a consumer driven approach can actually work.

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This past fall, Stanford introduced three free online engineering lectures, each organized into short segments.

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To those kids who by age 14 got their doctorate, cured a disease, or discovered a guilt-free brownie recipe: My parents make me watch your "60 Minutes" segments, and they've clipped your newspaper articles for me to read before bed.

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